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Disinfection.
The following is a summary of the work carried out. Full details
are shown in tabular form in the Appendix (Tables II and III).
Number of premises visited: Infectious diseases 1379
„ ,, ,, Requests, rooms only 60
,, ,, ,, ,, bedding only 66
„ ,, ,, Verminous 107
Total premises visited 1612
Number of rooms disinfected, formalin spray 1741
„ ,, ,, sulphur 174
Total 1915
Number of articles disinfected (steam disinfector) 15774
Number of books disinfected (formalin lamp) 478
,, ,, articles destroyed at owners' request 368
Special disinfections, etc.:—
32 bales of rags, 1 bag of rubber (weight l£ tons).
Small-pox disinfection—Dustbins collected and contents burned.
Disinfection of bedding and clothing is carried out by means of two
Washington-Lyons machines, books, etc., in a formalin chamber, while
rooms are sprayed with formalin or fumigated with sulphur.
Towards the close of the year, the Public Health Committee had
under consideration the question of the substitution of motor transport
for the horse-drawn vans now in use.
Shelter for Contacts. The Council has made provision for the
temporary accommodation of contacts of infectious disease who may
have been required to leave their dwellings during the process of disinfection.
The shelter was used for this purpose once during the year.
Disinfestation.
Verminous conditions, whether in the home, of wearing apparel or
personal in character, come within the purview of the Council's activities.